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CIRCULAR SAW GUIDE. No. 270,139. Patented Jan! 2, 1883.

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CIRCULAR SAW GUIDE.

No. 270,139 Patented Jan.2, 1883.

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SAMUEL E. SMITHAND EDWARD MYERS, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, As SIeNoRS T SMITH, MYERS & SOHNIER, OF SAME PLACE.

CIRCULAR-SAW GUIDE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 270,139, dated January 2, 1883.

Application filed August 24, 1882. (No model.) I V To all whom it may concern: shown. The opposing ends of the said jaws 4o Beit known that we, SAMUEL R. SMITH and have cavities fg to receive wooden or other EDWARD MYERS, both of Cincinnati, Hamilsuitable plugs, pads, or pins K L, for contact ton county, ()hio, haveinventeda new and usewith the saw-blade. A Stoutflange orlug, M, ful Saw-Blade Steadierfor Circular-Saw Mills, that projects horizontally from the casting E,

of which the following is a specification. so supports in its horizoi'ltal or effective posi- 4 Our invention relates to a device which tion the vibra'table arm (1" as to hold its conserves the double purpose of s'feadying and Iained pin absolutely immovable under the guiding thehlade of acircular saw, and of supaction of the saw. to porting the board or cantin the act of separn- The capacity of the arm G for being turned tion. upward, as shown in Fig. 4 and by dotted 0 Figure 1 is a perspective view of a sawlines in Fig. l, enablesthe removalorreplaceblade steadying device embodying our inveninent of the saw-blade withoutdisengagement tion, the strong lines showing it in condition of any portion of the steadying device. I 1 for use, and the dotted lines showing the vi- The flat top of the casting E, heinglevel bratable jaw swung back out of the Way, so as with the head-block, becomes of very impor- 5 to enable removal or attachmentot' saw-blade. tant use to support the cant, board, or plank Fig. 2isa top View, represen ing ourdevice in in the act of separation from the log without. position upon the saw-frame. Figs. 3 and obstructingorimpedingitstravel with the log, 4 are front elevations of our device in its efand thus prevents its sagging down and tearfective and non-effectiveconditions, iespecting loose, so as to makeunneeessary stub snr- 6o ively. Fig. 5 is a horizontal section through face and had work. Q the steady-pins. We claim as new and of our invention- A may represent a portion of a saw-frame, A saw-blade sieadying device consisting of 2 B a saw-blade, and O a part ofalog-carriage, the following parts: a flat-topped casting or of any suitable construction. pedestal, E, flush with the head-block and 6 Our saw-steadying device consists'of the chambered,ee ,fortwojaws,FG,adjustable following parts, to Wit: by collar-bolts or screws H Land of which Eisacastpedestahso bolted to thesaw-frame one jaw is of L shape and vibratable, and is A as forit-s llattop e to be level with the top of supported for work on a horizontal projection,

the head-Hock. Slots 6' enable the attachment M, trom the said pedestal, substantially as set of casting E at any desired radial distance forth.

lrom the saw-center. The casting E has, per- In testimony of which invention we hereunto pendicular to the saw-blade and in one horiset our hands. 5 zontal plane, orifices e e, forming sockets SAM. R. SMITH- for twojaws, F G, within which are tapped EDWARD MYERS.

collarbolts H 1, whose rotation to the right Attest:

or to'the left shitts the jaws toward orfrom SAML. S. CARPENTER,

the Saw-blade. One jaw, G, is L-formed, as GEO. H. KNIGHT. 

